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Despite high demand for property in good school catchment areas, the amount buyers are willing to pay for the privilege is declining, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.When RICS last conducted research into the impact high quality schools have on house prices in August 2003, buyers were willing to pay a 12% premium but […]

London brokerage Cobalt Capital has created a 5m recruitment fighting fund and is offering prospective employees who sign up a 50,000 golden handshake.The fund is enough to enable Cobalt to poach, for example, the entire team of staff from rival brokerages. The fund can be utilised to buy other broker firms outright, and Cobalt has […]

IN Partnership is to provide Defaqto’s Aequos Engage product selection tool as part of its partnership package. Following a review of all aspects of its business, IN Partnership has decided to move away from its long-standing supplier in favour of Defaqto. Defaqto’s Aequos Engage was launched earlier this year and is specifically designed for use […]

Lack of awareness has been blamed for just 11% of borrowers in the UK considering mortgage payment protection insurance to be a priority.Research commissioned by Bright Grey shows that mortgage protection is low down the list of people’s priorities, with contents insurance ranked as a more important concern. Only 23% of the home owners surveyed […]

Lorna Blyth, Royal London Do guarantees benefit customers and, if so, when? To answer this conundrum we commissioned Millimans, a global actuarial consulting firm, to conduct an independent review of the UK retirement income market and whether guarantees really do offer customers better value for money. The brief The study was one of the most comprehensive undertaken […]